Feb 16, 2010
By Charlotte Elizabeth, American Tract Society, 1800’s.
[This story teaches children to see the Bible's stories as more than just mere amusement. How sad it is that today many would do well just to get their children to be amused by the Bible, since they have been so drenched in everything else under the sun. And it seems that everywhere we look someone is putting Bible stories to rock music, and turning them into such foolishness that is becomes blasphemous. It is one thing to tell Bible stories in a way children will understand. It is quite another thing to make a mock of holiness and cause children to lose their reverence for God and His Word.]
Feb 16, 2010
(Author unknown, American Tract Society, 18–?)
F ATHER: Come hither, George, I want to show you these bees at work. How busy they are! Is it not an interesting sight?
GEORGE: Yes, father, I like to see them; for though they are not so pretty as wasps, they are not so spiteful and mischievous.
F: It is a great matter to be free from such bad qualities as spitefulness and mischief, but that is not all the praise of the bee; it sets us an example of many good and excellent qualities. You have not, I hope, forgotten Dr. Watts’ beautiful little poem,
How doth the little busy bee,
Improve each shining hour.
G: No, father, I can say it quite perfectly now; and mother says she taught it me before I was two years old.
Feb 16, 2010
(Author unknown; American Tract Society; 18–?)
M ARY: Good evening, uncle William; I suppose you know that the circus is to be opened to-night, and my cousin Lucy has promised to take me with her. Are not you going?
U NCLE: No, I am not, Mary; and I am very sorry that you are going. I have determined not to go for many reasons.
M: I should like to know what they are, for cousin Lucy told me that you went with her four years ago.
U: Yes, so I did; and what I then saw, and what I have since heard, have made me resolve not to go again; besides which, do you not know that a man was killed in building the circus which is to be opened to-night? [The above melancholy event took place during the erection of a circus at Swansea, South Wales, in December, 1846]
M: Yes, I do; but that was not my fault; I could not help his being killed, nor you either.
Feb 16, 2010
[This story contains some harsh realities of savage brutality and even cannibalism. However it largely spares us the gory details found in modern books. Parents can use this story with a lesson on Romans 1, showing how nations fall into savagery. We also see in this story the importance of missions and the Great Commission, in Matthew 28.]
The African Orphan Boy, Author unknown, American Tract Society, 18–?:
“F AR away in one of the valleys of South Africa, there lived a heathen family. They were rich in flocks and herds. For many years they sowed the ground, and gathered the fruits in peace. At some distance from this family dwelt a warlike tribe called Zoolahs, which often formed into bands and invaded the country road. In these attacks they used first to kill the men, and then they carried off the cattle, broke down the huts, and set fire to the cornfields.
Feb 16, 2010
Finding good “bed time” stories is getting more difficult in this day and age. Far too many Christian parents are turning to questionable videos, and they are losing the art of story-telling, and the great interaction it brings to a family. Most children’s books purchased today are filled with perverted art, immodesty, blurring and confusion of the sexes, new age, luck, fairies, magic, disobedience to authority, etc. At Fundamental Books, it is our goal to provide parents with wholesome books and stories that will thrill, bless and edify your children. Sometimes the old stories found on this site have been partially edited; and sometime comments or suggestions will be made in brackets to help parents in sharing these stories. Of course, these moral stories are not meant as replacement for daily Bible reading in the home. Nothing can, or should, replace the inspired stories of the Holy Scriptures!
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